Marion Center has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were outmatched by the River Valley Panthers and fell 48-19. While losing is never fun, the Stingers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Panthers are ranked 23rd).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead River Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ava Persichetti, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. Persichetti's evening made it four games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Maren Dunlap was another key player, going 5 of 8 on her way to 12 points and eight boards.
Marion Center's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-5. As for River Valley, the win keeps them at an undefeated 21-0.
Marion Center has already played their next matchup (against Homer-Center), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. River Valley has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against West Shamokin.
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